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Unlock the Magic of Watercolor: Your Ultimate Step-by-Step GuideAre you struggling to master the ethereal beauty of watercolor painting? Perhaps you're yearning for a comprehensive guide to navigate this mesmerizing art form? This book is your answer, designed to dissolve your painting woes and elevate your artistic journey effortlessly.About This BookComprehensive Guidance: From foundational techniques to advanced nuances, embrace a step-by-step...
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Learn to watercolor paint in 10 easy steps! Get inspired with gentle and serene watercolor painting as your next calming hobby. Learn the foundational skills of watercolor painting with various techniques that will leave you feeling confident in your skills. The watercolors explained in this book achieve two essential objectives: to immediately enjoy painting and acquiring a solid foundation. Master the basics through 10 gorgeous watercolor projects....
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Working with rich oil colors, Iris Scott will show you how to create a simple, brush-free impressionist painting just using your fingers! Leave your brushes behind! Iris Scott's revolutionary finger-painting courses are designed for everyone, especially beginners. Watch your paintings flourish with life when you follow Iris's simple techniques that let the paint do the work. Complete with five masterpieces and clear, step-by-step instructions for...
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"Brushstrokes Through Time: Art in the Ancient World" takes readers on a captivating journey across civilizations and epochs, exploring the diverse artistic expressions of antiquity. From the earliest forms of art to the enduring legacy left by ancient cultures, the book paints a comprehensive portrait of the visual language that shaped the ancient world and continues to resonate in the canvas of human history.
5) People
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Learn to Paint People is a new ebook title in HarperCollins' successful Learn to Paint series. Including people in paintings literally brings them to life. In Learn to Paint People Sharon Finmark looks at all the essential aspects of painting people in their environment, using watercolor, acrylics, gouache and pastels. Several step-by-step demonstrations are included, featuring people at rest, in motion, in indoor settings and outside. Learn to Paint...
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Drawing and painting is a daily joy in life for me.
The impact the indigenous people from Native American reserved throughout British Columbia has never left me.
They were my first Art and Design students. Everything the young and elders said or did oozed a pure and authentic spirituality I had never experienced before. Their words for the planet are humbling. My friend's grandfather was Chief Dan George.
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A follow up to their extensive and introductory painting book, Alcohol Ink Guide, which teaches all the beginning techniques for those exploring alcohol ink, artists and instructors Laurie Williams and Sherry Williams return with this instructional resource for creating truly realistic art using this versatile medium. Learn and master the four main alcohol ink painting techniques that include blending, masking, creating a barrier layer, and painting...
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Your guide to painting with acrylics Acrylic paints are versatile, water-based paints popular with professionals and beginners alike. You can learn to acrylic paint with this playful, exploratory guide to new techniques and ideas for working with stretched canvas. The 24 projects demonstrate the possibilities of acrylic paints and encourage experimenting to achieve various effects. Start with all the basics about acrylic painting, from paints and...
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Las acuarelas son una de las formas más hermosas de arte en la historia. Ya sea pensando en las icónicas obras de J.M.W. Turner o las flores de Georgia O'Keeffe, la pintura a la acuarela ha cautivado a artistas de todas las épocas. Incluso Vincent van Gogh, famoso por su técnica densa, experimentó con ellas, creando cerca de 150 acuarelas en su vida. La versatilidad de las acuarelas te permite pintar casi cualquier cosa, ofreciéndote infinitas...
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Paint Lab is packed with unique and experimental techniques and ideas in painting. This hands-on book is organized into 52 units, which may, but don't need to be explored on a weekly basis. The labs can be worked on in any order, so that you can flip around to learn a new mixed-media technique or be inspired by a particular painting theme or application. The underlying message of this book is that, as an artist, you should learn and gain expertise...
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Discover and master the fun, creative, and colorful methods of fluid pouring and painting with 10 projects, customizable to your personal vision and open to endless variation.
Fluid pouring and painting can result in beautiful, organic, and abstract designs that can be captured on special papers, canvas and board substrates, used to make gorgeous lampshades, poured into molds or dishes to create coasters, geodes, and agate slices, and can even be...
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Learn the creative, innovative technique of making art by pouring paint with The Art of Paint Pouring.
Featuring easy step-by-step projects, practical tips, and beautiful art from an established paint-pouring expert, this book helps artists of any skill level make colorful, textured art by pouring acrylic paint onto a canvas.
There are many techniques for making poured art, and this book details them all. You will learn to swipe, pour, and more...
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If you love the aesthetic of watercolor paints and have always wanted to make your own painting, you are in luck! Whether you have never picked up a paintbrush before, or are a seasoned artist, this book will cover everything that you need to know when using watercolor paints, as well as provide you with 10 different step-by-step tutorials on how to paint certain images. From creating dreamy sunset scenes, to painting the most realistic clouds, we...
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Les aquarelles sont parmi les plus belles œuvres d'art de l'histoire de l'art ! Pense aux célèbres créations de J.M.W. Turner ou aux fleurs emblématiques de Georgia O'Keeffe. De nombreux artistes, y compris Vincent van Gogh, ont exploré l'aquarelle, un médium fascinant et accessible. Sa polyvalence t'offre des possibilités infinies, que tu sois débutant ou professionnel. Ce livre, que tu sois novice ou expert, couvre tout ce que tu dois savoir...
15) Watercolour
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This one-stop practical guide will show you all the techniques and inspiration you need to get into painting. To make your progress easier, it comes in a handy ebook format with colour illustrations and expert advice throughout.
Thinking about taking up watercolours? Need to know about the best techniques? Want to know how to perfect your painting?
This book contains all the know-how, insider tips and inspiration you need.
Well-known artists Alwyn...
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Bored with the same old paints? The Organic Painter introduces innovative techniques for using non-traditional "paint" derived from materials like coffee, tea, and alcohol, to encourage freedom and expression! Traditional art supplies will only take you so far! Sometimes you need to try something completely new and different. That's where The Organic Painter comes in. With a little guidance, you'll soon be painting with everyday materials you'd never...
17) Acrylics
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This book assumes no prior knowledge or experience and guides the beginner painter step-by-step through the basics of painting in acrylics. Full of easy-to-follow exercises and demonstrations, 'You Can Paint Acrylics' will give even the most hesitant of beginners the enthusiasm and confidence to start painting in acrylics. Melanie Cambridge takes the reader by the hand, explaining the basic acrylic painting materials and mark-making techniques. All...
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Mike Chaplin is one of the most popular art experts on the very successful Channel 4 series Watercolor Challenge. In this book he reveals how he works and puts forward his ideas and teaching methods, offering plenty of tips and practical advice for the amateur artist. This book is intended for artists with some painting experience who wish to develop their technique, style and outlook. It is a book to make them think and to push the technical and...
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Creating a piece of artwork that might be mistaken for a photograph is the goal of many aspiring artists. With this 32-page guide, even beginners can learn methods for painting with amazing realism and accuracy. Accomplished artist Daniel Tennant explains the basics of using gouache and airbrushing and provides in-depth information on essential techniques such as gradating, using stencils, and creating a metallic effect. He also offers instruction...
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Ann Blockley is a very successful artist, known for the innovative way in which she uses texture as a key element in her work. This book, in Collins Artist's Studio series, looks at how she achieves her stunning effects and provides essential guidelines for the intermediate painter wishing to develop this aspect of their own painting.
Creating texture in watercolour can be quite a challenge but this book provides a fresh approach to the subject....
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